Enjoying one of their favorite activities - snacking!
On Christmas Day, Brett stood up without any assistance whatsoever for the first time. He was so proud of himself, and so were we! On New Year's Day he actually took a couple of steps. He can climb the stairs but he can't yet get down. He can also push a walker toy.
They are really beginning to progress developmentally. They both use signs to convey their desires, use signs for various objects around the house, and have some adjectives as well. Both boys are also putting signs together to express themselves more clearly, such as "help, please" or "more water please".
We have taught them baby signs for many words they need to communicate but can't yet say, such as "more", "help", "please", "food", "drink", "hot", "dirty", "gentle", and "outside."
Both boys have words such as "hi", "bye", "dada", "mama", "hot", "cold", "yum", "shoes", "down", "whoa", and "wow." Whenever any sports program is on TV - football, hockey, monster trucks, and even golf, they both start yelling "GO!GO!" But the word both of them say the best is "NO!" And they say it to each other all day long sometimes!
They get along all right half the time, and the other half they seem to be fighting over the same toy, etc. Gantt uses his strength to take things from Brett or hit Brett or put things where Brett can't get them. I guess it's normal, but we are trying to curb that behavior, of course. Sometimes they will play side by side or just talk to each other, and those times are wonderful!
One thing they love doing together is rocking in the chair. It's fun to watch them do that.
One of my favorite things about reading your posts is when I see "not in the hospital"! Love the picture of all the boys around the chips and salsa...just 3 boys being boys. Think it's pretty natural for boys to compete for toys and rough each other up. One day they will be best friends all the time!
ReplyDeleteHard to believe they're almost two! Where do the months go?
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of Brett standing alone. The pride he feels shows in his beautiful face!
Gantt seems to be enjoying himself too! Doing what I hear he does best - and that's EAT!
It's great to read about all their fun developments!
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love baby sign language? I taught Nathan and Natalie, and am just beginning to teach Samuel and Samantha. It really does help them learn to communicate!
ReplyDeleteAnd happy 22 months boys!